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only on account of the kind services he had thereby rendered the Lodge , but because of the improvement in his health . Bro . Beadon ' s state of health had lately been anything but what his friends could wish ; he had been labouring under severe indisposition for a considerable period , and he ( Bro . Savage ) knew that if their worthy brother had consulted his own case he would not be in the chair that night . He had however given the promise to attend , and regardless of his convenience , he had fulfilled it . He ( Bro . Savage ) most sincerely wished him

better health . He well remembered when Bro . Beadon had been a distinguished member , indeed he was still a distinguished member , of Grand Lodge , and therefore he should say that he remembered when he had been a more prominent member of that distinguished body than his bad health now allowed him to be . He could remember too when , amidst the greatest cclal , ho had been installed Junior Grand Warden . He well recollected that honour being conferred on him ; and the manner in which it had been done was a just tribute to Masonic worth . They were all happy to see him thereand he know they would enthusiastically respoud

, to the toast , wishing him long life aud better health , and thanking him for his kindness in presiding over them on that occasion . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Beadon , in responding to the toast , said that if Bro . Muggeridge , who was so well known to , and appreciated by , tho brethren present , found it difficult to speak to them of himself , they could well understand how much more difficult was the task to him who was to them comparatively a stranger . No , no !) No—not a stranger , when a brother . He trusted that claim of brotherhood made him feel at homeand put him on an easy footing among them . He could assure them he

, felt himself somewhat astonished at jiresiding over the brethren in the city . He had been for some years accustomed to preside over tho sister Lodge of Instruction , and he knew that their excellent brother , Bro . Havers , had been in the habit of presiding over their Lodge with such harmony , with such kindly feeling , and with such good will that it was scarcely necessary for them to look elsewhere for a chairman , but he at the same time felt that if it there were anything more calculated

than another to produce mutual harmony and good feeling between the Lodges at the east aud those at the west end of London , it was that which Bro . Havers had doue a year and a half ago , in consenting to preside over the annual meeting of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ; an example which he that night endeavoured to imitate . He knew that he should fail in respect to the Lodge and to Bro . Havers if he had not referred to that act of kindness on his part . It was with those feelings , and in that Masonic spirit that he had now come among the members of the StabilitLodge of Instruction . He was happy to meet thcinaud delighted

y , with the manner in which the work of the Lodge had been done . He hoped that the two Lodges might yet be more closely united ; and he was not afraid to say , that the time was coming when all the Lodges of Instruction would bo joined in one universal system of working . He did not wish the Emulation Lodge to cease ; on the contrary , he hoped the emulation would always be kept up among them with good feeling ; as such it would be his pleasure to visit them aguin , and in return to see them at tho sister Lodge . He could again assure them , that nothing

could give him greater satisfaction thau what he had seen in the Lodge , unless it was the kind manner in which his health had been proposed aud drunk by tho brethren . ( Cheers . ) Bro . Beadon again rose to propose a toast— " The health of Bro . Havers . '' He said , that after the few observations which he had made in reference to the interchange of Masonic feeling between the two Lodges , they would uot be surprised that he should now seek to honour oue whom they had so often honoured , and who being among them was an honour to the Lodge . He ( Bro . Beadon ) could only saywith

, reference to the honour which Bro . Havers had conferred on the Emulation Lodge , that he had never seen a Lodge presided over with greater ability , greater firmness , or greater courtesy , than on that occasion . Since then it had pleased the M . W . G . M . to entrust him with high office . They would not be surprised when he spoke of him as holding high office , for he had so long , so kindly , and so faithfully , presided over them that they knew that he held only that which he deserved ; and he was sure they all felt towards him that true bond of Masonic feeling which every Mason ' s heart ought to feel to one who had served them so long and so faithfully .